Sales and service equipment



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May 23, A. A. WOOD SALES AND SERVICE EQUIPMENT Filed sept. 18, 1957 ssheets-s'neet s Patented May 23, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SALESAND SERVICE EQUIPMENT Albert A. Wood, Columbus, Ohio, assignor ofonehalf to Ernest A. Holton, Columbus, Ohio Application September 18,1937, Serial No. 164,598

4 Claims. (Cl. 35-54) 'Ihis invention relates to sales or service equip-Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the ment and moreparticularly to a mechanical sales manner in which the groups of lampsare coninstrument designed to improve the sale of servtrolled. icesconnected with any article, for example, an According to the invention(Fig. 1), a selling 5 automobile. My improved sales device or sysmessage(the legends on the diagrammatic repre- 5 tem has been designedespecially to enable autosentation of an article) is printed either onor mobile service salesmen to demonstrate to an adjacent to the face ofthe board. The complete automobile owner of what a complete lubricationselling message is broken down into individual or other serviceconsists. By using my equipselling groups, and each group is broken downment, a service salesman can control lights placed into sellingstatements. In actual practice each 10 in various spots on a boardcontaining the figure group is in numerical order in accordance to theof an automobile, and in this way the salesman sequence of the sellingmessage, and associated can indicate the location of each point oflubriwith the complete selling message is a diagram cation, inspectionor other service; explain how or picture of the article described in theselling each point is serviced, and the type of lubricant message. Allselling points as listed in the sales 1l to be used. The electric lightbulbs are arranged group are illustrated on the diagram or picture onthe board at points corresponding to points with miniature electriclamps, which are conon the actual automobile. trolled by switchesoperated in any desired way.

My improved sales arrangement enables the Attached to the diagram orpicture are individual owner of an automobile to watch a mechanic whileparts in the manufacture and service of the article, 20 his automobileis being serviced so that he can and these individual parts areindicated by the check on the work of the mechanic. electrical lampswhich are controlled in any de- My new system also permits thesuperintendsired way. ent of a service station to check on individualReferring to the drawings, 6 designates a board mechanics to make surethat the mechanic propor chart bearing the diagrammatic representa- 25erly inspects or services an automobile. tion 'l of an automobile. 'I'heboard is provided In accordance with the invention tools or the with aseries of red lamps B, and adjacent to such like, which a mechanic mustuse in servicing an lamps or associated with them are legends 9 toautomobile, may be employed to control the describe what the lighting ofa particular lamp switches governing the lights on the boardwheredesignates. 30 by when a tool is removed from the rack, the Thechart is also provided with a number of superintendent of the servicestation or the owner blue bulbs I0 also associated With legends Il to ofthe automobile may be apprised of the points indicate what the lightingof a particular blue on the automobile where that particular tool bulbrepresents,

is to be used so that he can check on the me- Green bulbs l2 are alsoarranged on the board 35 chanic and insure the use of proper lubricants0r and they are associated with indicating legends the like. I3.

The invention wlllnow be described in connec- All of the bulbs arepreferably mounted in tOn with the accompanying drawings, in Whichsockets supported by the board, so that all bulbs Fig. 1 is a sideelevation of a board having will project forwardly from the face of theboard 40 a diagrammatic representation of an automobile to illuminatethe legends. thereon and bearing protruding electric lamp As best shownin Fig. 5, all lamps indicating a bulbs of various colors, and alsohaving legends particular service will be controlled by a specificadjacent to the lamps to describe what each inswitch. For example, ifthe lamps of the autodividual lamp represents on the automobile withmobile are to be inspected, a number of lights on which the board orchart is used. the board will be illuminated when a particular Fig. 2shows such a board hooked up with a rack switch is actuated, and inaccordance with my containing grease guns or tools to be used inconinvention, all of these lights will be thrown on nection with anautomobile which the iigure of when a corresponding tool is removed fromthe the automobile represents. rack shown in Fig. 2. This rack may be ofany 50 Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation oi a portion of preferred formand may consist of a board I4 the rack showing one of the individualswitches carrying a number of spring clasps I5 for use controlled by agrease gun. in holding grease guns, a ash light, a wrench Fig. 4 is asectional view taken on the line 4-4 or the like; and as illustrated inFigs. 3 and 4, u of Fig. 3. wherever one of these clasps supports isarranged,

there is a plunger E5 to be actuated by the grease gun or the likesupported by a particular clasp support. The plunger is forced forwardlyof the board ifi by a spring l1, and when it is moved forwardly at thetime a grease gun or the like is removed from the board, contacts i8 andI9 at the rear of the board M will come into engagement to close aparticular circuit in which certain lights of the board are arranged. ByWay of example, it will be assumed that the three blue lamps l2, in Fig.5, are in a circuit controlled by a switch that is actuated by a greasegun 2li containing the proper grease to use on universal joints. Whenthat gun is removed from the rack the circuit of those particular lampson the board l2 will be closed and the three lamps on such board will beilluminated to indicate where the gun is to be employed on theautomobile 2l shown in Fig. 2.

Again let us assume that certain parts of the automobile are to beinspected, then if the ash light 22 shown in Fig. 2 is removed from therack, corresponding lights on the chart E will be illumihated so thatthe mechanic should inspect those points on the automobile.

From the above it is believed the construction and use of the inventionmay be readily understood by those skilled in the art, but I desire topoint out that the system is not confined to use with automobileservice. It may be employed with any article that is represented on theboard 6 and which is to be serviced or sold.

For further informative purposes, the board 6 may be provided withadditional lamps 23, 25 and 25 that are arranged on the board 6 adjacentto the Figure 7 oi the automobile. The lamp 23 may be red and willindicate an inspection job. The lamp 24 may be blue and indicate alubricating job, while the lamp 25 may be green and indicate that theautomobile is to be inspected and lubricated if necessary. In this wayan observer will note that whenever any red lamp is illuminated, this isfor inspection purposes only While if a blue lamp is on, it is forlubrication purposes, and so on.

While I have disclosed what I now consider to be a preferred embodimentof the invention in such manner that the same may be readily understoodby those skilled in the art, I am aware that various changes may be madein the details disclosed Without departing from the spirit of theinvention as expressed in the claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a panel bearing a diagrammatic representation of aparticular kind of article, electric lamp bulbs mounted on the panel andarranged according to the arrangement of Specific parts of the articlewhich the diagram represents, legends associated with the lamps andbearing the names of the parts of the article which are to be serviced,means for supporting tools used in servicing the article, switchesactuated by the removal of the tools from said means or the returning ofthe tools to said means, and electric circuits in which the switches andlamps are arranged in such manner that the removal of a tool from themeans will result in illuminating lamps, which indicate particular partson the diagrammatic representation with which the tool is to be used.

2. In equipment of the character described, a panel bearing adiagrammatic representation of a particular article that is to beserviced, electric lamp bulbs mounted on the panel at pointscorresponding With the specific parts of the actual article, legendsassociated with the lamps and giving the names of such parts, electriccircuits in which certain of the lamps are grouped, means for supportingtools to be employed in servicing the parts indicated by the lastmentioned lamps, and control switches for said circuits actuated by theremoval or replacement of said tools.

3. In equipment of the character described, a panel bearing adiagrammatic representation of a particular article that is to beserviced, groups of electric lamp bulbs mounted on the panel at pointscorresponding with the specific parts of the actual article, the lampsof each group being of a color diierent from those of the other groups,legends associated with the lamp bulbs and giving the names of suchparts, electric circuits, each group of lamps being arranged in one ofsaid circuits, means for supporting tools to be employed in servicingthe parts indicated by the last-mentioned lamps, and control switchesfor said circuits actuated by the removal or replacement of said tools.

4. In combination, a panel bearing a diagrammatic representation of anautomobile, electric lamp bulbs mounted on the panel and arrangedaccording to the arrangement of specic parts of the automobile which thediagram represents, a legend associated with each lamp and bearing thename of the part of the automobile which that lamp indicates and Whichis to be serviced, means for supporting tools used in servicing theautomobile, switches actuated by the removal of the tools from saidmeans or the returning of the tools to said means, and electric circuitsin which the switches and lamps are arranged in such manner that theremoval of a tool from the supporting means will result in illuminatinglamps which indicate particular parts on the diagrammatic representationwith which the tool is to be used.

ALBERT A. WOOD.

